Year In Beer 2024: Victoria
The fourth instalment of our Year In Beer 2024 series finds us on home turf as we turn our attention to Victoria. Joining Will and James are Cherry Murphy and Good Land Brewing's Jimmy Krekelberg.
Year In Beer 2024: Western Australia
Time to head west for the second instalment of our Year In Beer 2024 series. Our Western Australia show features Crafty writers Guy Southern and Jono Outred plus Phat Brew Club and indie retailers Copper & Oak.
Year In Beer 2024: South Australia
We kick off our state by state by territory reviews of 2024 in South Australia, where we sat down with longstanding Crafty contributor Matt King, brewer-turned-malt man Steve Brockman, and sensory guru Briony Liebich.
Episode 019: Fighting For Indie Beer
As an immensely challenging year for indie brewers draws to a close, we invited key figures from the Independent Brewers Association to look back at the highs and lows of the past 12 months and ahead at their plans for 2025.
Episode 018: Life's A Beach: Building A Brewery In Bali
We set sail for Bali in this episode to catch up with Sam Füss, one of the beer world's true characters, who moved there from Sydney to help launch Beaches Brewing Co after more than two decades in brewing and hospo in Australia.
Episode 017: 25 Years Of Holgate
Few small businesses make it to a quarter-century, let alone in the world of brewing, yet that's the milestone marked by Paul and Tash Holgate in 2024. We joined them at their Woodend pub to hear their remarkable story.
Episode 016: Making A Positive Impact With Beer
What does it mean to be a sustainable business or to brew in a sustainable manner? How can beer businesses have a positive impact on the world around them? We sat down with sustainability expert James Perrin.
Episode 015: From Beer Writing To The Brewhouse – Building A Local Brewpub In NZ
In Episode 015 we head overseas for the first time to join a man who swapped a career writing and commentating on beer in Australia for rebuilding a twice-liquidated brewery in his hometown on the South Island of New Zealand.
Episode 014: Moon Dog's Marvellous Medicine
This week saw Moon Dog open their third megavenue, Doglands, on the Marvel Stadium concourse. We joined founders Karl van Buuren and Josh Uljans there to trace the evolution of their unique story.
Episode 013: From Teaching History To Brewing It
If you were to draw up a list of Australian brewing greats of the past 20 years, Shawn Sherlock would be in the very upper echelons. The former Murray's brewer now in full control of FogHorn Brewery joined us on the podcast.
